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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is seated in the audience before making remarks, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. Bush, a former presidential candidate, opened with remarks about his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at age 92 at her home, in Houston.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talked family and politics on Wednesday at Brown University, calling his father, former President George H.W. Bush, "stronger than an ox," and saying that he does not think President Donald Trump is a good role model.

Bush mentioned the recent death of his mother, Barbara, and the hospitalization of his father in his opening remarks. He said the former president, who he called the "greatest man alive," is out of intensive care and will be leaving a Houston hospital on Friday. The elder Bush had contracted an infection that had spread to his blood.

Without naming Trump, Bush spoke of a "big dog" and improving political discourse during the university lecture.

"You're not a big dog if you disparage the disabled," he said. Trump mocked a disabled reporter while on the campaign trail in 2015.

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Bush spoke candidly to the crowd of students, many of whom had Trump-related questions for the former Republican presidential candidate.

One student asked Bush if he thought Trump was qualified to be president. Bush repeated the question back and said that although Trump had won fair and square, "I don't think he's a role model for people."

Bush said that while he is not a Trump fan, he is willing to commend the president if he finds a way to deal with conflict on the Korean peninsula.

Bush began the lecture by commenting on a federal judge’s decision on Tuesday to reopen application to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, calling the debate, "like Groundhog's Day." He said undocumented immigrants should "have a pathway to citizenship."